Johnson's a shadow boxer who doesn't support a soloist as much as he challenges him.
Dave McElfresh, JAZZ NOW
Born In Minneapolis, Jeff Johnson ("Free" to some of his colleagues) left at age 20, spending time in Philadelphia and New York, and has worked with a veritable who's who of great jazz musicians such as Philly Joe Jones, Charlie Rouse, Barney Kessel, Chet Baker, Lew Tabackin, Eddie Daniels, Mark Murphy, Joanne Brackeen, Julian Priester, Jay Clayton, Marlena Shaw, Billy Hart, Annie Ross, George Cables, Bud Shank, Claudio Roditti, Ernestine Anderson, and Michael Wolfe, to name just a few.
Jeff met Jessica Williams in Seattle in 1991 and Hal Galper at the Port Townsend Festival in 1993, great pianists with whom he has had ongoing musical relationships. He is one of the most on-call working musicians in the competitive Seattle musical arena, and his contribution to jazz is substantial and continuing.
He now leads various small ensembles, composes, goes on the road frequently, and is involved in numerous projects and recording dates around the world.
Carrie Wicks
OA2 Records 22175
Cheryl Fisher
OA2 Records 22133
Carrie Wicks
OA2 Records 22125
Carrie Wicks
OA2 Records 22093
The Vocal Jazz Collective
OA2 Records 22068
Carrie Wicks
OA2 Records 22065
Gail Pettis
OA2 Records 22059
Jeff Baker
OA2 Records 22056
Katie King
OA2 Records 22043
Gail Pettis
OA2 Records 22038
Jeff Baker
OA2 Records 22031
Ben Black
Origin 82835
Scenes
Origin 82807
Hal Galper Trio
Origin 82793
Thomas Marriott
Origin 82765
Bill Anschell
Origin 82757
Hans Teuber & Jeff Johnson
Origin 82756
Hal Galper Quartet featuring Jerry Bergonzi
Origin 82751
Emi Meyer
Origin 82742
Scenes
Origin 82736
Tad Britton
Origin 82697
Marc Seales
Origin 82680
Hal Galper
Origin 82670
Marc Seales
Origin 82658
Scenes
Origin 82657
Jeff Johnson
Origin 82629
Hal Galper Trio
Origin 82628
Hal Galper
Origin 82602
Wellstone Conspiracy
Origin 82600
Scenes
Origin 82594
Thomas Marriott
Origin 82577
Richard Cole
Origin 82575
Randy Halberstadt
Origin 82571
Ray Vega & Thomas Marriott
Origin 82561
Wellstone Conspiracy
Origin 82560
Hal Galper
Origin 82557
Scenes
Origin 82555
Jon Alberts / Jeff Johnson / Tad Britton
Origin 82538
Chad McCullough
Origin 82535
Mark Taylor
Origin 82529
Thomas Marriott
Origin 82526
Jeff Johnson
Origin 82518
Various Artists
Origin 82494
Brent Jensen w/ Bill Anschell, Jeff Johnson, John Bishop
Origin 82493
Richard Cole
Origin 82492
Tad Britton
Origin 82481
Hal Galper / Jeff Johnson / John Bishop
Origin 82476
Thomas Marriott
Origin 82474
Scenes
Origin 82470
Bill Anschell
Origin 82469
John Bishop
Origin 82455
Thomas Marriott
Origin 82442
Randy Halberstadt
Origin 82435
Jeff Johnson
Origin 82429
Various Artists
Origin 82423
Various Artists
Origin 82408
John Bishop with Jeff Johnson, Rick Mandyck, John Stowell
Origin 82390
Ben Black
Origin 82387
Jeff Johnson
Origin 82386
Jeff Johnson
Origin 82370
Steve Korn
Origin 82368
Richard Cole
Origin 82366
John Bishop
Origin 82358
Mike Denny Rick Mandyck Jeff Johnson John Bishop
Origin 82357